Configuration Of Axes Used In A Machine - CS-Lab CSMIO IP-S User Manual

10.3 Configuration of axes used in a machine

• Example 1: 3 axis plotter X, Y, Z.
o Activate the X, Y, Z-axes.
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Example 2: 3 axis plotter + rotary A axis, Y-axis on two drives (slave axis).
o Activate the X, Y, Z, A axes (the slave axis should not be activated here).
In „Motor Outputs" tab if you use Mach3 software and CSMIO/IP controller following options are
unused: Step Pin, Dir Pin, Dir Low Active (you change directions in menu „ConfigHoming/Limits"),
Step Port and Dir Port.
By default axes are assigned to the following
STEP/DIR channels: X[0] / Y[1] / etc.
Pin numbers entered in Mach3, in „Port&Pins"
window, „Motor Outputs" tab do not matter.
To assign other STEP/DIR channels to the axes
you should do it in plugin's configuration: menu
„ConfigConfig PlugInsCONFIG".
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At the beginning, you should activate support of the
axes you are going
menu position „ConfigPorts and Pins" and next
„Motor Outputs" tab.
Select axes we are using by clicking „Enabled" - the
green ticks will appear next to them. We do not acti-
vate slave axes in that window.
to use. Select the
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